Economy
Afreximbank-backed platform facilitates $5.3 million fuel trade deal
A US$5.3 million cross-border gasoil transaction involving a Zimbabwean fuel importer has been completed through African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) Africa Trade Gateway (ATG), ...
Economy
Mubanga calls for crop export agency to boost agricultural trade
Kitwe-based business consultant, Augustine Mubanga, has called for the establishment of a dedicated crop export agency to spearhead the export of agricultural commodities ...
Economy
Govt flags limited connectivity, inadequate infrastructure as key challenges in postal and courier sector
Limited connectivity in rural post offices, inadequate infrastructure, low participation in e-commerce, and unequal access to courier services as some of the major ...
Economy
FAO calls for coordinated action to transform Zambia’s food systems
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for stronger collaboration across sectors to accelerate the transformation of Zambia’s ...
Economy
Landscape programme reinforces energy data quality to strengthen emissions reduction programme
The Eastern Province Jurisdictional Sustainable Landscape Programme (EP-JSLP), with support from the World Bank, says it has strengthened its commitment to delivering credible ...
Economy
Chewa traditional leaders ban cultivation of virginia tobacco, production of charcoals
Traditional leaders under the Chewa Kingdom of Eastern Province have banned the cultivation of Virginia Tobacco across all Chewa chiefdoms with immediate effect, ...
Economy
Private pension assets jump 29 percent as PIA urges retirement planning
Private occupational pension schemes recorded a 29.01 percent increase in net assets in 2025, highlighting growing confidence in Zambia’s pension sector even as ...
Economy
Kwacha slips as markets await month-end forex support
The Zambian Kwacha weakened marginally against the US dollar at the start of the week, although month-end demand for the local currency is ...
Economy
Afreximbank approves $200 million facility for Algeria oilfield project
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a US$200 million financing facility for Shoreline Power Company Limited and its co-borrowers to support work on ...
Economy
Green Climate Fund boosts financing capacity by $4 billion under new efficiency reforms
Zambia and several other developing countries are hoping to benefit from the newly announced additional US$ 4 billion in new projects by the ...
